 Launch Party Recap
The Nashville Promise Zone (NPZ) held a community launch party on Aug. 29 to celebrate its first anniversary. Community members, NPZ partners, and Metro Department representatives were in attendance to learn more about the NPZ and provide data to support a growing body of research. Speakers included Mayor Megan Barry, Jim Harbison of the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency and Bettie Kirkland of Project Return. Over 40 guests and volunteers attended the event held at the Lentz Public Health Center to celebrate NPZ's progress. Thank you for celebrating the Nashville Promise Zone. We look forward to your continued support!
Few spots remain for the upcoming AmeriCorps National Day of Service project. If you are a current AmeriCorps member or alumni please join fellow AmeriCorps members honoring the September 11th Day of Service and Remembrance with a volunteer project at the Hands On Nashville Urban Farm. This event is scheduled from 1 to 4 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 11. Activities will include various gardening tasks including harvesting, watering, weeding, and more. Please dress appropriately.
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NPZ's Community Engagement VISTA, Tanatswa Tavaziva, recently attended the Nashville Collective Impact Forum held at Lipscomb University on August 9th. Here, she reflects on what she gained from the experience:
"August 9th, I attended the 2017 Nashville
Collective Impact Forum held by the Center for Nonprofit Management. The event was well attended; representatives
from many organizations across Nashville spoke and shared their stories, words
of advice, and encouragement. The keynote speaker was Paul Schmitz; a senior
advisor at Foundation Strategic Group (FSG), former member of the Obama
Administration’s Council on Community Solutions, and staunch advocate for
collective impact initiatives.
In his speech, Schmitz defined collective impact and spoke
about its history in society. One thing that stood out to me from his
presentation was his thoughts about leadership. Schmitz expressed the idea
that collective impact initiatives need leadership, but not a leader. The
concept being that: although it is
popular in our culture to exalt the individual and the leader; lasting change
requires many people, leaders, to be willing to step up and take action or
stand back in support, when needed. Schmitz used the history of the Civil
Rights Movement’s bus boycotts and the many leaders that led up to and followed Rosa Parks’
arrest, to show a real world example of leadership.
Attending the event, participating in the breakout sessions,
and learning about people’s experiences and perspectives on the ideas shared,
was a great opportunity."
> View segments from the Nashville Collective Impact Forum.
 The NPZ Subzone Captains met at the Mayor's Office on Aug. 14 to discuss actor maps and working group structures. Attendees learned more about Vanderbilt University's role within the NPZ, forming data-based goals, and working groups to improve collective impact.
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 ConnectHome Graduation
ConnectHome Nashville has created a Senior Tech Academy, a
unique initiative to empower senior citizens with computer skills. On Aug. 22, more than 20 seniors living at Gernert Studio Apartments graduated from the program. Through
a grant from the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, each graduate
receives an Amazon Fire tablet.
The ConnectHome initiative narrows the digital divide by
bringing high-speed broadband access, digital literacy training, and ongoing
support into the homes of low-income families.
This ceremony honored the graduation of the second cohort of students in the Senior Tech Academy. Mission accomplished!
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ConnectHome
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